Metaphor

By asailorsangel

I let the birds drink
From a poison basin today
Just to see how far the
Bellowing wind would
Carry their lyrical fiction

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Copyright 2004 Renee Trinkaus
Published on Tuesday, February 3, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • worm On Saturday, July 15, 2017, worm (1149)By person wrote:

    alrighty then! ~worm~

  • A former member wrote: I haven't really read anything like this, prior to clicking the little random work button, but I am glad I did. A strangly intrigueing statement..

  • A former member wrote: +T.P.U+

  • purr_verse On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    i've read this several times now and i shift my perceived metaphoric image each time...but the birds remain 'thoughts' somehow, or some form of Self, and anyway...there's something about this that i find powerfully beautiful. purr

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